Collar-holder.



A. A. KmloN. COLLAR HOLDER.

APPLICATLON FILED MN. 25 S11- Patented' oct; 9; 1917.

SWW/MMS.

ARCI-11E A. KINION, 0F SAND SPRINGS, OKLAHOMA.

COLLAR-HOLDER.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented oet. e, 1917.

Original application led September 18, 1916, Serial No. 120,745. Dividedand this'application led January 25, 1917. Serial No. 144,475.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, ARCHIE A. KINIO'N, a citizen of the United States,residing at Sand Springs, in the county of Tulsa and State of Oklahoma,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Collar- Holders, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The present application is va division of the application filedSeptember 1S, 1916, Serial No. 120,745.

This invention relates to improvements in collar and necktie holders,and has for one of its objects to provide a simply constructed devicewhereby the collar may be connected to the neck band of a shirt withoutemploying a collar button.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device whereby thecollar may` be secured to the neck band of a shirt without structuralchange in the collar or the neck band.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this characterwhich will support the collar upon the shirt band and at the sametimesupport a neck tie in position at the back of the neck.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consistsl in certainnovel features of construction, as hereinafter shown and described andthen specifically pointed out in the clai1ns;'and in the drawingsillustrative of the preferred embodiment of the in# vention- Figure 1 isa perspective view of a collar equipped with one of the improvedholders.

Fig. 9 is an enlarged transverse section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detached perspective view of the improved device.

Fig. 4 is a view of the blank from which the improved device isconstructed.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters. y

The improved device is formed from a strip ofvlnaterial, preferably ofcelluloid or like material or compound, or of metal suitably plated orotherwise ornamented or protected. The device is formed initially of astri of material represented as a whole at 10 in *ig 4, rounded at theends and with ar U shaped cleft cut through the body whereby arelatively elongated tongue, represented as a whole at 11, is produced.The

tongue portion of the device is first bent at lts root, indicated by thedotted line .12, substantially into parallel rela-tion to the lower partof the body 10 to produce the portlon 13, and thence bent into an openhook shaped portion 14 which likewise eX-v tends for the major portionof its length in parallel relation to the portion 13. Near its free endthe hook shaped portion 14 is bent inwardly toward the body 1), asindicated at 15.

the majorpart of the body to produce a hook like portion 16, the portion16 being disposed at the opposite side of the body from the portions13-.-14. At its upper end 'the body is bent over into hook like shape,as shown at 17, the confronting terminals of the portions 16-#17 beingspaced apart for a' considerable distance, as shown.

The completed device is clearly shown in- Fig. 3. l

The improved device is applied by inserting the portion 14 through thebutton hole at the rear of the collar, indicated at 18, and movedtherein to bringy the material of the collar which is located below thebutton hole into the space between the portion 13 'and the body 10 ofthe device. This leaves the major part of the body and the hook shapedportions 16-17 externally of the outer ply of the collar, or betweenthel folds when applied to a. turn-over collar.

A portion of the neck band of the shirt is represented at 19 with theouter flap 20 secured at its upper edge to the upper edge of the neckband, and the collar having the.

attachment thereon is disposed in position around the neck and theportion 14--15` of the tongue forced upwardly between the neck band andthe flap.` The depressed terminal 15 compresses the iiap against theadjacent portion of the collar, and thereby materially increases thefriction between the parts. It will be noted by reference to Fig. 2 thatthe-.depressed portion 15 of the device deflects the flap and presses itagainst the adjacent portion of the collar, thereby elfectuallypreventing the' accidental displacement of the device.I The pressureexerted by the resiliencyv of the member 14-15 against the adjacentportions of the flap and the collar will be suiiicient to prevent thecollar and attachment from moving At itsilower end the body portion 10is bent into parallel relation to loo downwardly, while the bend at thejuncture of the vportions 13-14 operates to prevent the upward movementof the collar. portions- 16-17 coact to support a neck tie, indicated at22, and prevent its displacement. rlhe neck tie may be placed in posi*tion before the collar is disposed around the neck of the wearer, orafter the collar is disposed in position, as may be preferred.

The improved device is simple in construction, can be inexpensivelymanufactured, and by means of which the collar may be easily and quicklyattached to the shirt without the necessity for employing the usualcollar buttons.

rllhe device thus serves not only as a support for the collar but as aguide and support for the neet: tie.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new isl. Acollar holder inciuding a body bent at its extremities to provideconfronting hooks defining a tie receiving loop with the inlet theretobetween the bills of the hooks and having a tongue struclr from the bodyand bent upon itself to provide a hook for connecting the holder with acollar, the tongue terminating in an upstanding wing converging at itsfree extremity toward the body and adapted for engagement with the neckband of a shirt for connecting the collar thereto.

2. A collar holder formed from a single piece of resilient material andincluding a body bent at its extremities to produce confronting hooksand forming a tie receiving loop, the inlet to the loop heing betweenthe bills of the hooks, said body having a tongue struck longitudinallytherefrom and bent upon itself to provide a hook disposed for engagementwith a collar for connecting the holder thereto, the free extremity ofsaid hook 'terminating in an upstanding wing` disposed for engage mentwith a shirt band and provided adjacent its upper extremity with adepression for clamping the band between the wing and the body toprevent displacement of the collar.

ln testimony whereof l affix my signature.

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